Jim Field was born on an island in Vanuatu, West Pacific. After boarding school in England he became a lifeguard on Brighton beach. He then spent 20 years as a deep-sea diver and travelled most of the world working at up to 600ft underwater. During those years he was a windsurfing fanatic and sailed extensively on cruising yachts. He has been race crew on 'Velsheda' for the past eight years and competes four or five times a year at regattas worldwide with members of Team NZ.

He likes to get the best out of his students and teaches the crew to work together as a team.On his time off, you can still find him at sea windsurfing, kite-sailing, scuba diving or reading nautical books.!

Nick Collie is French Canadian. He spent his early career touring with Rock Stars and organising concerts worldwide.

His lust for sailing took over and he ventured into skippering on mega yachts, charters in the Caribbean and yacht deliveries. He did his Cruising Instructors course with Trafalgar Sailing and we all adored him so much we never let him go!

Having sworn that he would never instruct sailing he has been surprised to find that he loves every minute of it. His warm nature, dry sense of humour and reassuring knowledge of sailing and the sea is appreciated by all his students. (Also his tuna fishing skills for which he still holds the record!).

Alan Bishop joined the Army at 17 and served in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Canada, Belize, Northern Ireland, Germany (oh and was also in the first Gulf war).   In 1972 he transferred to the Army Air Corps and became a helicopter pilot. After a long career of jumping out of planes and teaching gliding he retired to go cruising in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Canaries and Cape Verde Islands on his own boat. He then became a Cruising Instructor in the UK but missed the sunshine and has been teaching Trafalgar sailing ever since.

He has a wealth of knowlegde in sailing and cruising, the patience of a saint, sense of humour and would be six inches taller if he didn't have such seriously bandy legs!   

Pete Galtress was born in England and started sailing dinghys as boy. He went onto racing and delivering boats while he studied for his degree in Engineering. To cut a long story short, he did his Yachtmaster with Trafalgar Sailing and we soon recognised that not only was he a talented sailor but he had all the characteristics we look for in an Instructor.

His total enthusiam for sailing and the sea is contagious, this combined with his gentle manner makes him a great Instructor.

Kevin Wlliams grew up on the South Coast of Wales where being on or in the water was a part of family life. He started sailing aged six crewing for his father. He raced dinghys for many years at National and International level including Olympic trials in 1995 and the laser Worlds in 1996.

Whilst he owned and enjoyed his own cruising boats, his career as a Marine Engineer took him travelling on cruise liners all over the world. From there he spent the next twelve years working in the Fitness industry before joining Trafalgar sailing teaching RYA sailing courses.

He is a natural trainer, motivating and giving confidence to his students.

She worked in the corporate industry teaching team leadership skills before buying a yacht and sailing from England to Gibraltar. Stephanie gives online theory support for our students studying before their course and helps with the customer care for our clients.

Shorebased crew - Catherine O'Hanlon found her 'sea legs' at the tender age of 1 when she left England aboard her parents boat 'Vashti' to sail around the Med. She worked in the U.S. Co-ordinating Educational European tours before returning to Gibraltar, and started Trafalgar Sailing School with her father Peter nine years ago. She now organises R.Y.A. courses from Gibraltar, Spain, Canary Islands and Cape Verde islands. Please feel free to contact her anytime cathy@trafalgarsailing.co.uk

Cathy is passionate about Spain's stunning landscape and loves rockclimbing, snowboarding, diving and riding Andalucian horses on the beach. So if you would like to extend your holiday to include any of these activities, she can arrange this a suggest local accommodation.